Quotes About Success

God's not going to promote you because you have a dream, He's going to promote you because you've maximized where you are so now you're ready to go to the next level.

It's a funny thing, the more I practice the luckier I get

Aim for the sky and you'll reach the ceiling. Aim for the ceiling and you'll stay on the floor.

The most minor gifts and not a very high class way to earn a living. After all, Shirley Temple could do it at the age of four.

The truth is, I do indulge myself a little the more in pleasure, knowing that this is the proper age of my life to do it; and, out of my observation that most men that do thrive in the world do forget to take pleasure during the time that they are getting their estate, but reserve that till they have got one, and then it is too late for them to enjoy it.

I knew at an early age I wanted to act. Acting was always easy for me. I don't believe in predestination, but I do believe that once you get where ever it is you are going, that is where you were going to be. Was I always going to be here? No I was not. I was going to be homeless at one time, a taxi driver, truck driver, or any kind of job that would get me a crust of bread. You never know what's going to happen.

An age at which many men are not quite common - at which they are hopeful of achievement, resolute in avoidance, thinking that Mammon shall never put a bit in their mouths and get astride their backs, but rather that Mammon, if they have anything to.

Well, I was lucky enough to be involved in about 19 failures at an early age, so I'm realistic about the success I'm having and how quickly it can go away. What's important is to be smart about it.

Men of age object too much, consult too long, adventure too little, repent too soon, and seldom drive business home to the full period, but content themselves with a mediocrity of success.

Have regular hours for work and play; make each day both useful and pleasant, and prove that you understand the worth of time by employing it well. Then youth will be delightful, old age will bring few regrets, and life will become a beautiful success.

From birth to age 18, a girl needs good parents, from 18 to 35 she needs good looks, from 35 to 55 she needs a good personality, and from 55 on she needs cash.

Every day I get up and look through the Forbes list of the richest people in America. If I'm not there, I go to work.

Any man who has $10,000 left when he dies is a failure.

Some people get so rich they lose all respect for humanity. That's how rich I want to be.

Life is like a dogsled team. If you ain't the lead dog, the scenery never changes.

Early to bed and early to rise, makes a man healthy, wealthy, and wise.

If at first you don't succeed, try again. Then quit. There's no use being a damn fool about it.

How to make a million dollars: First, get a million dollars.

There's terrific merit in having no sense of humour, no sense of irony, practically no sense of anything at all. If you're born with these so-called defects you have a very good chance of getting to the top.

Ability may get you to the top, but it takes character to keep you there.

Martyrdom is the only way a man can become famous without ability.

If A equals success, then the formula is: A = X + Y + Z, X is work. Y is play. Z is keep your mouth shut.

Try not to become a man of success, but rather try to become a man of value.

Before anything else, preparation is the key to success.